I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. Do you remember Refreshers? Parma Violets and Love Hearts? Those Swizzels Matlow sweeties have such a strong place in my memories. Nostalgia on a stick… in […]
More of life’s great mysteries…
Why it’s impossible to make a small quantity of coleslaw. I try, really. I’m the only one who really likes it and, even then, not enough to justify the bowl-busting quantities. Why children can hardly be hauled from their beds from Monday to Friday, yet are up with the lark at the weekend. Why four words from […]
Eric is an excellent name for a baby
My grandfather Eric (middle) atop Mont Blanc in 1937 The improbable prospect of Simon Cowell being a father has come to pass. And he and girflfriend Lauren Silverman have welcomed a bouncing boy… called Eric.The name was chosen after Cowell’s late father. Aaah.Though there have been some mutters – it’s not a name for a […]
It doesn’t matter if the dad’s there for the birth
Things I’ve learned from family mealtimes
Ozeri Cardiotech Blood Pressure Monitor – Curing Hypochondria Everywhere…
Did you ever have a twinge or a weird sensation and, before long and largely in your imagination, it developed into something life-threatening and horrific? Yup. Me too. About a year ago, just after I started running again, I had a series of strange headaches, a bloodshot eye and some tingling. Obviously it was serious. Then […]
Davina McCall is an attention seeking… hero
The past few days have witnessed Davina McCall collapsing, being treated for hypothermia and getting carried from a lake. This has divided the nation apparently. Some people are sneering at her “attention seeking” actions and calling it a “publicity stunt”. Others are cheering her on every weary step of the way. Well in a way both […]
